Marriott's Executive Chairman on Choosing the First Nonfamily CEO
万豪创始人之子比尔·马里奥特讲述为何放弃让儿子接班，转而选择首位非家族CEO阿恩·索伦森，并分享培养过程。
At the age of 32, Bill Marriott became the head of the company his father had built up from its beginnings as a root beer stand in 1927. Until 2012 it had had only two CEOs, and Marriott had always thought that one of his four children would succeed him in that role. Two of his sons have worked for the company for many years, and one of them, John, seemed destined to succeed his father. But as time went on, Bill Marriott realized that it wasn't the right fit-for either John or the company. He writes here about meeting Arne Sorenson, hiring him, and grooming him to become the current CEO. (An edited interview with Sorenson accompanies the article.) But that doesn't rule out another Marriott as the fourth chief executive, he says. INSET: A Fairly Seamless Process.